Found vs. Pound — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Found and Pound
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Found
Past and past participle of find
Pound
A unit of weight equal to 16 ounces (453.592 grams).
Found
Establish or originate (an institution or organization)
The monastery was founded in 1665
Pound
A unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces (373.242 grams). See Table at measurement.
Found
Base (something) on a particular principle, idea, or feeling
A society founded on the highest principles of religion and education
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Pound
A unit of weight differing in various countries and times.
Found
Melt and mould (metal).
Pound
See pound-force.
Found
Having been discovered by chance or unexpectedly.
Pound
See pound-mass.
Found
(of a ship) equipped
The ship was well found and seaworthy
Pound
The primary unit of currency in the United Kingdom, worth 20 shillings or 240 old pence before the decimalization of 1971. Also called pound sterling.
Found
To establish or set up, especially with provision for continuing existence
The college was founded in 1872.
Pound
See Table at currency.
Found
To establish the foundation or basis of; base
Found a theory on firm evidence.
Pound
The primary unit of currency in Ireland and Cyprus before the adoption of the euro.
Found
To melt (metal) and pour into a mold.
Pound
A primary unit of currency in Scotland before the Act of Union (1707). Also called pound scots.
Found
To make (objects) by pouring molten material into a mold.
Pound
The pound key on a telephone.
Found
Past tense and past participle of find.
Pound
A heavy blow.
Found
Simple past tense and past participle of find
Pound
The sound of a heavy blow; a thump.
Found
(transitive) To start (an institution or organization).
Pound
The act of pounding.
Found
(transitive) To begin building. en
Pound
An animal shelter, especially one operated by a public agency to house stray or confiscated animals.
Found
To melt, especially of metal in an industrial setting.
Pound
A public enclosure for the confinement of stray livestock.
Found
To form by melting a metal and pouring it into a mould; to cast.
Pound
A tank or submerged cage, as on a boat, in which live fish or shellfish are kept.
Found
(obsolete) Food and lodging; board.
Pound
New England An establishment at which live lobsters are kept and sold, often also offering no-frills restaurant service.
Found
A thin, single-cut file for comb-makers.
Pound
A place in which vehicles impounded by the authorities are held until redeemed by their owners.
Found
To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold; to cast.
Pound
(Archaic) A prison.
Found
To lay the basis of; to set, or place, as on something solid, for support; to ground; to establish upon a basis, literal or figurative; to fix firmly.
I had else been perfect,Whole as the marble, founded as the rock.
A man that all his timeHath founded his good fortunes on your love.
It fell not, for it was founded on a rock.
Pound
To strike repeatedly and forcefully, especially with the hand or a tool
Pounded the nail with a hammer.
Found
To take the ffirst steps or measures in erecting or building up; to furnish the materials for beginning; to begin to raise; to originate; as, to found a college; to found a family.
There they shall foundTheir government, and their great senate choose.
Pound
To assault with military force
Pounded the bunker with mortars.
Found
A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.
Pound
To beat to a powder or pulp; pulverize or crush
Pound corn into meal.
Found
Food and lodging provided in addition to money;
They worked for $30 and found
Pound
To instill by persistent, emphatic repetition
Pounded knowledge into the students' heads.
Found
Set up or found;
She set up a literacy program
Pound
To produce energetically, as from forceful use of the hands. Often used with out
"a tinny piano pounding out Happy Birthday down the block" (Laura Kascischke).
Found
Set up or lay the groundwork for;
Establish a new department
Pound
To cause harm or loss to; affect adversely
Stocks that were pounded when energy prices rose.
Found
Use as a basis for; found on;
Base a claim on some observation
Pound
To defeat soundly
Pounded their rivals in the season finale.
Found
Come upon unexpectedly or after searching;
Found art
The lost-and-found department
Pound
To attack verbally; criticize
Was pounded for months in the press.
Pound
(Slang) To drink quickly (a beverage, especially an alcoholic one). Often used with back or down
Pounded back a few beers after work.
Pound
To strike vigorous, repeated blows
He pounded on the table.
Pound
To move along heavily and noisily
The children pounded up the stairs.
Pound
To pulsate rapidly and heavily; throb
My heart pounded.
Pound
To move or work laboriously
A ship that pounded through heavy seas.
Pound
To confine (an animal) in a pound.
Pound
A unit of weight in various measurement systems
Pound
Ellipsis of pound weight
Pound
The translated name of various non-English units of measure
Pound
A unit of mass in various measurement systems
Pound
Ellipsis of pound mass
Pound
The translated name of various non-English units of measure
Pound
A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
Pound
A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
Pound
A unit of force in various measurement systems
Pound
Ellipsis of pound force
Pound
The translated name of various non-English units of measure
Pound
A unit of currency in various currency systems
Pound
The translated name of various non-English units of currency
Pound
The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence. Symbol £.
Pound
Any of various units of currency used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan and Syria, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus and Israel.
Pound
Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
The Rhode Island pound; the New Hampshire pound
Pound
(US) The symbol # (octothorpe, hash, number sign)
Pound
A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
Dog pound
Pound
(metonymy) The people who work for the pound.
Pound
(UK) A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.
Pound
A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
Pound
A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
Pound
(Newfoundland) a division inside a fishing stage where cod is cured in salt brine
Pound
A hard blow.
Pound
To wager a pound on.
Pound
To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
Pound
(transitive) To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
Pound
(transitive) To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
Pound
To eat or drink very quickly.
You really pounded that beer!
Pound
To pitch consistently to a certain location.
The pitcher has been pounding the outside corner all night.
Pound
To beat strongly or throb.
As I tiptoed past the sleeping dog, my heart was pounding but I remained silent.
My head was pounding.
Pound
To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
I was pounding her all night!
Pound
To advance heavily with measured steps.
Pound
(engineering) To make a jarring noise, as when running.
The engine pounds.
Pound
To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.
With cruel blows she pounds her blubbered cheeks.
Pound
To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt.
Pound
To strike heavy blows; to beat.
Pound
To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds.
Pound
To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
Pound
An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law; a pinfold.
Pound
A level stretch in a canal between locks.
Pound
A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
Pound
A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces.
Pound
A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86. There is no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is of the same value.
Pound
16 ounces;
He tried to lift 100 pounds
Pound
The basic unit of money in Great Britain; equal to 100 pence
Pound
The basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
Pound
The basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
Pound
The basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
Pound
Formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
Pound
The basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
Pound
The basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
Pound
A nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
Pound
United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)
Pound
A public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs;
Unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound
Pound
The act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows);
The sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard
The pounding of feet on the hallway
Pound
Hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument;
The salesman pounded the door knocker
A bible-thumping Southern Baptist
Pound
Strike or drive against with a heavy impact;
Ram the gate with a sledgehammer
Pound on the door
Pound
Move heavily or clumsily;
The heavy man lumbered across the room
Pound
Move rhythmically;
Her heart was beating fast
Pound
Partition off into compartments;
The locks pound the water of the canal
Pound
Shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits;
The prisoners are safely pounded
Pound
Place or shut up in a pound;
Pound the cows so they don't stray
Pound
Break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle;
Pound the roots with a heavy flat stone
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